{"id":2760,"date":"2019-03-09T02:30:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T02:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2019-03-09T02:30:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T02:30:37","slug":"littlejohn-at-un-monday-chinese-widows-and-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/littlejohn-at-un-monday-chinese-widows-and-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Littlejohn at UN Monday: Chinese Widows and Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UN Commission on the Status of Women Session 63<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABANDONED IN CHINA \u2013 BABY GIRLS & ELDERLY WIDOWS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where Is Social Protection & Support?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 11, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time: 10:30 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church Center of the UN \u2013 8th Floor <\/p>\n\n\n\n

777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two most vulnerable groups of females in China are baby girls forcefully aborted or abandoned, and elderly widows. Widows are exponentially increasing all over the world, but the rising number of poor, destitute widows has been quite invisible, especially in China. Many are in small, remote Chinese villages and without social protection, social provision for survival with dignity. In a society that continues to favor males, baby girls and elderly widows are often considered a liability in China. Widows may have large medical bills for their deceased husbands and for themselves. Their family may be far away and often disinterested in caring for an ageing family widow. Baby girls, if they are lucky enough to survive, may be abandoned, as their mothers are pressured to \u201cgive them away\u201d in favor of having a boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baby girls and widowed older women are, indeed, a tragic hidden crisis in China. This panel will discuss, show examples, and consider viable solutions, for Chinese baby girls and for elderly widows, with a particular focus on social protection, greater gender equality, human rights, and social justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Distinguished Speakers:
\u00b7         Ms. Reggie Littlejohn – Attorney, Founder Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Video on Abandoned Baby Girls & Forced Female Abortions in China
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\u00b7         Ms. Dubravka Simonovic \u2013 UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women – Invited<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Ms. Margaret Owen \u2013 UK Barrister, Founder & CEO Widows for Peace Through Democracy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         China Elderly Widows Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Ms. Jing Zhang \u2013 Founder & Director, Women\u2019s Rights in China  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator: Ms. Lois A. Herman \u2013 Coordinator WUNRN-Women\u2019s UN Report Network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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